COMMENTARY
For 12 glorious minutes in downtown Atlanta Friday night, the Boston Celtics flexed a potent offense that briefly let us forget how much they’ve struggled so far. Their 45 first quarter points against the Hawks reminded us what they could be if all the pieces come together. Unfortunately, the Hawks are like a steroid inhaler for a bronchitis patient. A nice dose makes you feel better in the short term, but there’s still a long road to actually getting healthy again.
Even later in the game we saw the same symptoms of the lazy, individual kind of plays that often get the Celtics into trouble.